Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 115198

Animal Welfare: UK Trade with EU

Tabled: 23 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Adrian Ramsay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to seek exemptions from dynamic alignment on animal welfare in the UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement; and when she next plans to report progress o

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on May 19, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area. The EU has accepted there will need to be a number of areas where the UK needs to retain our own rules. The details of...

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